Larson v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. Inc.

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court. The action was for alleged conversion of flax straw grown upon plaintiffs’ farm during the years 1941,1942,1944,1945, and 1946. Whether there was a conversion as claimed depends upon whether plaintiffs had title to the flax straw at the times of the alleged conversions, and that question-in turn depends upon the relationship which existed between plaintiffs, Chris S. Larson and Martin Larson, as owners of the land upon which the flax was grown, and one Clifford Gaard, their brother-in-law, who was in…